WhatsApp Inc. et al v. NSO Group Technologies Limited et al

Filing 1

COMPLAINT against NSO Group Technologies Limited, Q Cyber Technologies Limited ( Filing fee $ 400, receipt number 0971-13834740.). Filed byFacebook Inc., WhatsApp Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 through 11, #2 Civil Cover Sheet)(LeBlanc, Travis) (Filed on 10/29/2019)

Case 3:19-cv-07123 Document 1-2 SHEET
CIVIL COVER Filed 10/29/19 Page 1 of 1

JS-CAND 44 (Rev. 07/19)

The JS-CAND 44 civil cover sheet and the information contained herein neither replace nor supplement the filing and service of pleadings or other papers as required by law,
except as provided by local rules of court. This form, approved in its original form by the Judicial Conference of the United States in September 1974, is required for the Clerk of
Court to initiate the civil docket sheet. (SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON NEXT PAGE OF THIS FORM.)

I. (a) PLAINTIFFS
WHATSAPP INC., a Delaware corporation, and FACEBOOK, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
(b) County of Residence of First Listed Plaintiff
(EXCEPT IN U.S. PLAINTIFF CASES)

DEFENDANTS
NSO GROUP TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED and Q CYBER
TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
County of Residence of First Listed Defendant ISRAEL
(IN U.S. PLAINTIFF CASES ONLY)
NOTE: IN LAND CONDEMNATION CASES, USE THE LOCATION OF
THE TRACT OF LAND INVOLVED.

(c) Attorneys (Firm Name, Address, and Telephone Number)
Cooley LLP, Travis LeBlanc (251097)
101 California Street, 5th floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
415-693-2000
II. BASIS OF JURISDICTION (Place an “X” in One Box Only)

Attorneys (If Known)

III. CITIZENSHIP OF PRINCIPAL PARTIES (Place an “X” in One Box for Plaintiff
and One Box for Defendant)

(For Diversity Cases Only)
1 U.S. Government Plaintiff

3

Federal Question
(U.S. Government Not a Party)

PTF

DEF

IV.

4

Diversity
(Indicate Citizenship of Parties in Item III)

1

1

Citizen of Another State

2

2

Citizen or Subject of a
Foreign Country

2 U.S. Government Defendant

Citizen of This State

3

3

CONTRACT

TORTS
PERSONAL INJURY
310 Airplane
315 Airplane Product Liability
320 Assault, Libel & Slander
330 Federal Employers’
Liability
340 Marine
345 Marine Product Liability
350 Motor Vehicle
355 Motor Vehicle Product
Liability
360 Other Personal Injury
362 Personal Injury-Medical
Malpractice

120 Marine
130 Miller Act
140 Negotiable Instrument
150 Recovery of
Overpayment Of
Veteran’s Benefits
151 Medicare Act
152 Recovery of Defaulted
Student Loans (Excludes
Veterans)
153 Recovery of
Overpayment
of Veteran’s Benefits
160 Stockholders’ Suits
190 Other Contract

CIVIL RIGHTS

HABEAS CORPUS

441 Voting

463 Alien Detainee
510 Motions to Vacate
Sentence
530 General

442 Employment
443 Housing/
Accommodations

210 Land Condemnation
220 Foreclosure

FORFEITURE/PENALTY

PERSONAL INJURY
365 Personal Injury – Product
Liability
367 Health Care/
Pharmaceutical Personal
Injury Product Liability
368 Asbestos Personal Injury
Product Liability
PERSONAL PROPERTY
370 Other Fraud
371 Truth in Lending
380 Other Personal Property
Damage
385 Property Damage Product
Liability
PRISONER PETITIONS

440 Other Civil Rights

195 Contract Product Liability
196 Franchise
REAL PROPERTY

230 Rent Lease & Ejectment

445 Amer. w/DisabilitiesEmployment

DEF
4

5

5

6

6

446 Amer. w/Disabilities-Other

245 Tort Product Liability

448 Education

BANKRUPTCY
422 Appeal 28 USC § 158
423 Withdrawal 28 USC
§ 157
PROPERTY RIGHTS

400 State Reapportionment

710 Fair Labor Standards Act
720 Labor/Management
Relations

820 Copyrights
830 Patent

410 Antitrust
430 Banks and Banking
450 Commerce
460 Deportation

740 Railway Labor Act
751 Family and Medical
Leave Act
790 Other Labor Litigation
791 Employee Retirement
Income Security Act
IMMIGRATION
462 Naturalization
Application
465 Other Immigration
Actions

835 Patent–Abbreviated New
Drug Application
840 Trademark
SOCIAL SECURITY

ORIGIN (Place an “X” in One Box Only)
1 Original
Proceeding

2

Removed from
State Court

3

480 Consumer Credit
485 Telephone Consumer
Protection Act
490 Cable/Sat TV
850 Securities/Commodities/
Exchange

FEDERAL TAX SUITS

890 Other Statutory Actions
891 Agricultural Acts

870 Taxes (U.S. Plaintiff or
Defendant)
871 IRS—Third Party 26 USC
§ 7609

OTHER

Remanded from
Appellate Court

4 Reinstated or
Reopened

470 Racketeer Influenced &
Corrupt Organizations

861 HIA (1395ff)
862 Black Lung (923)
863 DIWC/DIWW (405(g))
864 SSID Title XVI
865 RSI (405(g))

540 Mandamus & Other
550 Civil Rights
555 Prison Condition
560 Civil Detainee Conditions of
Confinement

290 All Other Real Property

OTHER STATUTES
375 False Claims Act
376 Qui Tam (31 USC
§ 3729(a))

625 Drug Related Seizure of
Property 21 USC § 881
690 Other
LABOR

535 Death Penalty

240 Torts to Land

VI.

PTF
4

NATURE OF SUIT (Place an “X” in One Box Only)

110 Insurance

V.

Incorporated or Principal Place
of Business In This State
Incorporated and Principal Place
of Business In Another State
Foreign Nation

5 Transferred from
Another District (specify)

6

893 Environmental Matters
895 Freedom of Information
Act
896 Arbitration
899 Administrative Procedure
Act/Review or Appeal of
Agency Decision
950 Constitutionality of State
Statutes

Multidistrict
Litigation–Transfer

8 Multidistrict
Litigation - Direct File

CAUSE OF Cite the U.S. Civil Statute under which you are filing (Do not cite jurisdictional statutes unless diversity):
18 U.S.C. § 1030
ACTION
Brief description of cause:

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
DEMAND $
CHECK IF THIS IS A CLASS ACTION
VII. REQUESTED IN
UNDER RULE 23, Fed. R. Civ. P.
Permanent Injunction and Damages
COMPLAINT:
VIII. RELATED CASE(S),
JUDGE
DOCKET NUMBER
IF ANY (See instructions):
IX. DIVISIONAL ASSIGNMENT (Civil Local Rule 3-2)
(Place an “X” in One Box Only)
SAN FRANCISCO/OAKLAND
SAN JOSE
DATE 10/29/2019

SIGNATURE OF ATTORNEY OF RECORD

CHECK YES only if demanded in complaint:
JURY DEMAND:
Yes
No

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